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... space and time are " real , " at least two accounts of their nature seem possible : ( 1 ) We may regard them as entities which exist in their own right , as " containers , " as it were , into which all things are placed , and which ...
... space and time are " real , " at least two accounts of their nature seem possible : ( 1 ) We may regard them as entities which exist in their own right , as " containers , " as it were , into which all things are placed , and which ...
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... space is concerned , specific difficulties arise from Leibniz ' notion of " unextended monads " ; " 43 cerned with ... space and time as such . Now , to define space as " that which results when we take the places together , " and as ...
... space is concerned , specific difficulties arise from Leibniz ' notion of " unextended monads " ; " 43 cerned with ... space and time as such . Now , to define space as " that which results when we take the places together , " and as ...
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... space ; this rule is valid universally and without limitation " ; for whatsoever does not conform to the " form " of space cannot be an object of our senses . “ Our discussions teach us therefore the reality ( i.e. , the objective ...
... space ; this rule is valid universally and without limitation " ; for whatsoever does not conform to the " form " of space cannot be an object of our senses . “ Our discussions teach us therefore the reality ( i.e. , the objective ...
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and Empirical Elements in Experience | 21 |
THE DISPUTES OVER SPACE AND TIME | 49 |
THE WORLD ABOUT US AND ITS INTERPRETATION | 77 |
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